Irene Morgan
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy (born April 9, 1917 in Baltimore , Maryland , † August 10, 2007 in Gloucester County , Virginia ) was an American civil rights activist . She took part in the struggle to abolish state-sanctioned racial segregation in the United States .
Eleven years earlier than the later known become Rosa Parks Morgan was arrested as a 27-year-old because they established in a Greyhound - bus on the journey from Gloucester to Baltimore would not give up for a white man.
She was represented by NAACP attorney , Thurgood Marshall , in her lawsuit against the Virginia state administration . The process resulted in the determination in 1946 that the primacy of federal law made state racial segregation laws inapplicable to interstate means of transport because they violated the provisions of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Morgan's fall inspired 16 civil rights activists for the first Freedom Ride , a tour by bus and train between the states of the southern United States.
She died in Gloucester County, Virginia in 2007 at the age of 90.
Web links
- Article in the Washington Post (English)
- Description of the trial Morgan v. Virginia (English)
- Information about Morgan on the website of the film You Don't Have to Ride Jim Crow! (English)
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| SURNAME | Morgan, Irene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morgan Kirkaldy, Irene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American civil rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2007 |
| Place of death | Gloucester County , Virginia |